In-Memory Computing startup Formulus Black today
announced an enterprise hardened version of its revolutionary Forsa software
that enables any application to run in memory without modification. The new
version of Forsa sets the bar for enabling larger databases, I/O hungry HPC
jobs, artificial intelligence and machine learning model training to run in
memory on commodity hardware through support for larger systems with more CPUs
and memory, and by supporting Persistent Memory technologies like Intel
Optane DC persistent memory.
"Due to Forsa's revolutionary I/O and storage algorithms
we actually deliver Negative Performance Overhead on systems with Intel
Persistent Memory. In other words, your applications will run fast on
Persistent Memory and Forsa supercharges your application performance to an
even higher extreme while offering best of breed memory management and
usability features," said Jing Xie, Formulus Black's Chief Operating Officer.
Formulus Black's Forsa software is the first in the world
to persist complete system images and data in memory while safeguarding against
power loss. By identifying and encoding data patterns in real time using
algorithms, the software enables larger datasets to occupy a smaller footprint
in memory while also providing complete system backup and restore in minutes
instead of hours or days. The addition of features in 3.0 ensures that Forsa is
optimized for use in both large enterprise and SMB settings.
"Formulus Black has developed a roadmap for its Forsa
software that enables it to meet the needs of a wide variety of environments
and use cases," said George Crump, President and Founder of Storage
Switzerland. "By adding features that improve scalability, leverage the
performance attributes of the latest memory and lower the minimum requirements
needed to run the software, Formulus Black is providing a better solution to
those stuck in a traditional infrastructure or not finding what they need from
public cloud offerings."
Among the other features included in the latest version
of Forsa are:
- Support for larger systems with more memory and CPUs
- Support for systems with Cascade Lake CPUs and Optane
DC persistent memory
- Support for horizontal scale-out of memory across
fabrics and nodes
- Replication support to provide failover between nodes
- Selective BLINK of Virtual Machines and LEM data for
fast backup, restore, and disaster recovery
- Enhanced GUI with cluster dashboard and support for up
to an 8-node cluster
- Support for multiple operating systems, including
Ubuntu and CentOS
"The new features in Forsa 3.0 came from customer
feedback of features that they'd like to see in future releases of the software
and reflect our capabilities to modify our software stack to take advantage of
new technologies or approaches that may not have been readily available when
earlier versions of Forsa were made publicly available," said Mark Iwanowski,
CEO of Formulus Black.